<h2>Strings</h2>
<pre><code>myString = 'Hello, world';
otherString = 'You''re right';</code></pre>

<h2>Comments</h2>
<pre><code>% Single line comment
%{ Multi-line
comment }%</code></pre>

<h2>Numbers</h2>
<pre><code>x = 325.499
realmax + .0001e+308
e = 1 - 3*(4/3 - 1)
b = 1e-16 + 1 - 1e-16;
x = 2 + 3i;
z =
   4.7842 -1.0921i   0.8648 -1.5931i   1.2616 -2.2753i
   2.6130 -0.0941i   4.8987 -2.3898i   4.3787 -3.7538i
   4.4007 -7.1512i   1.3572 -5.2915i   3.6865 -0.5182i
</code></pre>

<h2>Control flow</h2>
<pre><code>if rem(a, 2) == 0
    disp('a is even')
    b = a/2;
end
switch dayString
   case 'Monday'
      disp('Start of the work week')
   case 'Tuesday'
      disp('Day 2')
   case 'Wednesday'
      disp('Day 3')
   case 'Thursday'
      disp('Day 4')
   case 'Friday'
      disp('Last day of the work week')
   otherwise
      disp('Weekend!')
end
n = 1;
nFactorial = 1;
while nFactorial < 1e100
    n = n + 1;
    nFactorial = nFactorial * n;
end</code></pre>

<h2>Functions</h2>
<pre><code>q = integral(sqr,0,1);
y = parabola(x)
mygrid = @(x,y) ndgrid((-x:x/c:x),(-y:y/c:y));
[x,y] = mygrid(pi,2*pi);</code></pre>